Syllabus For ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SAVINGS

DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR FINAL EXAMINATION (DEGREE LEVEL)

Main Examination for the posts of ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SAVINGS {The Kerala National Savings Service} (Cat.No. 133/2020, 134/2020, 135/2020))

Distribution of Marks and Detailed Syllabus

1. General Knowledge
   1. History – 5 Mark
   2. Geography  – 5 Mark
   3. Economics  – 5 Mark
   4. Indian Constitution  – 8 Mark
   5. Kerala – Governance and System of Administration – 5 Mark
   6. Life Science and Public Health  – 4 Mark
   7. Physics – 3 Mark
   8. . Chemistry – 3 Mark
   9. Arts, Literature, Culture, Sports – 8 Mark
2. Current Affairs – 8 Mark
3. Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning – 10 Mark
4. General English – 10 Mark
5. Regional Language (Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil) – 10 Mark
6. Special Topic (Subject Related to the nature of duty of the post) – 20 Mark

Detailed Syllabus

I. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. HISTORY (5 Marks)

KERALA – Arrival of Europeans-Contributions of Europeans- History of Travancore from Marthanda Varma to Sree Chithirathirunnal- Social and Religious Reform movement- National movement in Kerala- Literary Sources of Kerala History- United Kerala Movement- Political and Social History of Kerala after 1956.
INDIA – Political History- Establishment of the British- First War of Independence – Formation of INC- Swadeshi Movement- Social Reform movement- Newspapers – Literature and Arts during the freedom struggle – Independence Movement & Mahathma Gandhi – India’s independent – Post independent period – State reorganization – Development in Science, Education, and Technology – Foreign policy.
WORLD – Great Revolution in England- American War of Independence – French Revolution- Russian Revolution – Chinese Revolution- Political History after Second World War- UNO and other International Organizations

2. GEOGRAPHY (5 Marks)

Basics of Geography – Earth Structure – Atmosphere, Rocks, Landforms, Pressure Belt and Winds, Temperature and Seasons, Global Issues- Global Warming- Various forms of Pollution, Maps- Topographic Maps and Signs, Remote Sensing – Geographic Information System, Oceans and its various movements – Continents, – Nations and their specific features.

INDIA – Physiography- States and its features, Northern Mountain Region, Rivers, Northern Great Plain, Peninsular Plateau, Coastal Plain, Climate – Natural Vegetation – Agriculture – Minerals and Industries- Energy Sources, Transport system – Road- Water- Railways- Air.

Kerala – Physiography- Districts and its features – Rivers- Climate – Natural Vegetation – Wild life – Agriculture and research centers – Minerals and Industries – Energy Sources – Transport system – Road – Water- Railway-

3. ECONOMICS (5 Marks)

India : Economy, Five Year Plans, New Economic Reforms, Planning Commission and Niti Aayog, Financial Institutions, Agriculture – Major Crops, Green Revolution, Minerals. Direct and indirect taxes in India, GST in Indiarationale and structure of GST, benefits of GST.

4. INDIAN CONSTITUTION (8 Marks)

Constituent Assembly-Preamble-Citizenship- Fundamental Rights, Writs -Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo warranto. Directive Principles of State Policy- Fundamental Duties- Structure of Governments- Union Executive, Parliament and Judiciary- State Executive, Legislature and Judiciary- Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs)- Important Constitutional Amendments (42, 44, 52, 73, 74, 86, 91, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104)- Constitutional Authorities and their functions – Comptroller and  Auditor General, Attorney General, Advocate General, Election Commission of India, State Election Commission, Union Public Service Commission, State Public Service Commission- Finance Commission- State Finance CommissionGST Council- Distribution of legislative powers- Union List- State ListConcurrent List- Services under the Union and the States- Tribunals-National Commission for Scheduled Castes- National Commission for Scheduled TribesNational Commission for Backward Classes- Official Language-Regional Languages-Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc-Special directives relating to languages

5. Kerala Governance and System of Administration – (5 Marks)

Kerala State Civil Service- Quasi-judicial bodies, various Commissions, Basic facts of socio-economic development- Planning Board-Commercial Planning and Policies- Disaster Management- Watershed Management- Employment and Labour-National Rural Employment Programmes- Land Reforms- Social Welfare and Security- Protection of Women, Children and Senior CitizensPopulation, Literacy, E-governance, Delegated Legislation and its controlsLegislative and Judicial controls- Constitutional law remedies against Administrative Arbitrariness- Administrative Discretion and its ControlsAdministrative Adjudication-Principles of Natural Justice.

6. Life Science and Public Health  (4 Marks)

1. Basic facts of Human Body
2. Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases
3. Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms, Preventive and Remedial Measure
4. Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector
5. Lifestyle Diseases.
6. Basic Health Facts
7. Environment and Environmental Hazards

7. Physics (3 Marks)

1. Branches of Physics –Matter – Units, Measurements – Physical Quantities.
2. Motion – Newton’s Laws of Motion – Third law – Momentum – Projectile Motion – Uses of Third Law – Achievements in space missions in India ISRO.
3. Light- Lens, Mirrors – Problems based on r = 2f – Different phenomena of Light – Rainbow – Colours of different materials – Electromagnetic Spectrum – IR rays- UV rays – X rays – Photoelectric Effect.
4. Sound – Different types of Waves – Velocity of Sound in different media – Resonance – Reverberation.
5. Force – Different types of Forces – Friction – Advantages and disadvantages of Friction – Liquid Pressure – Buoyant Force – Archimedes Principle – Pascal’s law – Density – Relative density- Adhesive Cohesive forces- Capillarity – Viscous force – Surface tension
6. Gravitation – Centripetal Force – Centrifugal Force – Escape Velocity, Satellites – Escape Velocity – Weight Mass – value of ‘g’- ‘g’ in different places
7. Heat – Temperature – Different types of thermometers – Humidity – Relative Humidity
8. Work – Energy – Power – Simple problems relating to Work, Energy, Power, Levers – Different types of Levers.

8. Chemistry (3 Marks) 

1. Atom – Molecule – States of Matter – Allotropy – Gas laws – Aqua regia
2. Elements – Periodic Table-Metals &Non metals-Chemical Physical changes- Chemical reactions-Solutions, Mixtures, Compounds.
3. Metals-Non metals – Alloys – Acids, Bases – pH value – Alkaloids.

9. Arts, Sports, Literature and Culture (4 Marks)

Arts

1. Important Audio Visual Art Forms of Kerala- Famous Places, Institutions, Personalities, Artistes and Writers related to origin, development, extension, and practice of these Art Forms.

Sports

1. Famous Sports personalities of Kerala, India and World – their Sports Events, achievements and awards.
2. Important Awards – Corresponding Fields , Winners
3. Famous Trophies – Related Events and Sports Items.
4. Number of Players in Important Sports Items.
5. Important Terms associated with various Sports and Games.
6. Olympics – Basic Facts, Venues / Countries, Famous Performances and Personalities- India in Olympics-Winter Olympics & Para Olympics.
7. Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games, CommonWealth Games, SAF Games – Venues, Countries, Performance of India, other facts.
8. National Games.
9. Games – Events, Players, Achievements.
10. National Sports / Games , Events of various Countries

Literature

1. Malayalam – Important Literary Movements – Icons and their first works.
2. Main works of Literature related to each movement and their authors.
3. Writers – Pen name and Nick name
4. Famous Works and Characters.
5. Famous Quotes – Books and Authors
6. Beginning of Journalism in Kerala – Pioneers, Journals and Publications.
7. Famous Awards/ Honours – Writers and their works.
8. Malayalam Writers who won the Jnanpith Award and related facts.
9. Malayalam Cinema – Origin, Development, Milestones, Pioneers, National Awards.

Culture

1. Kerala – Important Celebrations -Places associated with such Celebrations, Important Festivals
2. Kerala – Cultural Centres, Worship Places, Cultural Leaders and their Contributions.

2. Current Affairs (8 Marks)

3. Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning 

1. Simple Arithmetic (5 Marks)

1. Numbers and Basic Operations
2. Fraction and Decimal Numbers
3. Percentage
4. Profit and Loss
5. Simple and Compound Interest
6. Ratio and Proportion
7. Time and Distance
8. Time and Work
9. Average
10. Laws of Exponents
11. Mensuration
12. Progressions

2. Mental Ability & Reasoning (5 Marks)

1. Series
2. Problems on Mathematical Signs
3. Verifying Positions.
4. Analogy- Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
5. Odd man out
6. Numerical Ability
7. Coding and Decoding
8. Family Relations
9. Sense of Direction
10. Time and Angles
11. Time in a clock and its reflection
12. Date and Calendar
13. Clerical Ability

4. GENERAL ENGLISH 

1. English Grammar (5 Marks) 

1. Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences
2. Different Parts of Speech.
3. Agreement of Subject and Verb.
4. Articles – The Definite and the Indefinite Articles.
5. Uses of Primary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
6. Tag Questions
7. Infinitive and Gerunds
8. Tenses
9. Tenses in Conditional Sentences
10. Prepositions
11. The Use of Correlatives
12. Direct and Indirect Speech
13. Active and Passive voice
14. Correction of Sentences

2. Vocabulary (5 Marks) 

1. Singular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns
2. Word formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix
3. Compound words
4. Synonyms
5. Antonyms
6. Phrasal Verbs
7. Foreign Words and Phrases
8. One Word Substitutes
9. Words often confused
10. Spelling Test
11. Idioms and their Meanings

5. REGIONAL LANGUAGE (10 Marks)

Malayalam

1. പദശുദ്ധി
2. വാക്യശുദ്ധി
3. പരിഭാഷ
4. ഒറ്റപദം
5. പര്യായം
6. വിപരീത പദം
7. ശൈലികൾ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകൾ
8. സമാനപദം
9. ചേർത്തെഴുതുക
10. സ്ത്രീലിംഗം പുല്ലിംഗം
11. വചനം
12. പിരിച്ചെഴുതൽ
13. ഘടക പദം (വാക്യം ചേർത്തെഴുതുക)

Kannada

1. Word Purity / Correct Word
2. Correct Sentence
3. Translation
4. One Word / Single Word / One Word Substitution
5. Synonyms
6. Antonyms
7. Idioms and Proverbs
8. Equivalent Word
9. Join the Word
10. Feminine Gender, Masculine Gender
11. Number
12. Sort and Write

Tamil

1. Correct Word
2. Correct Structure of Sentence
3. Translation
4. Single Word
5. Synonyms
6. Antonyms / Opposite
7. Phrases and Proverbs
8. Equal Word
9. Join the Word
10. Gender Classification – Feminine, Masculine
11. Singular, Plural
12. Separate
13. Adding Phrases

6. Special Topic (20 Marks)

Unit 1 (5 Marks)
Marketing: Meaning and Definition – Traditional and Modern Approaches to Marketing – Market Segmentation – Marketing Mix – Product Development – Product Pricing – Product Promotion- Managing Logistics and Channels of Distribution – Marketing of Financial Products – Recent Trends in Marketing.

Unit II (5 Marks)
Public Relations and Corporate Communication: Public Relations Concept- Definitions and Theory – Public Relations Process – Tools of Public Relations – The Public Relation Environment – Understanding Media Needs – Ethics in Public Relations – Communication – Corporate Communication – Meaning and Definition – Types of Communication – Barriers of Communication

Unit III (5 Marks)
Human Resource Management: Meaning and Definition – Human Resource Planning – Recruitment and Selection – Training and Development – Performance Appraisal – Motivation – Theories of Motivation – Leadership – Types of Leadership.

Unit IV (5 Marks)
Financial System and Legal Framework: Investment Management – Public Finance – Household Finance – Financial Market – Financial Institutions – Financial Instruments – Financial Services – Basics of Tax Laws in India – Basics of IT Act 1961 and Basics GST Act 2017

NOTE: – It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics above may be covered in the question paper.